Citizenship Laws

Our citizenship laws section features detailed legal information on the requirements for obtaining citizenship within a certain jurisdiction. Our jurisdictional database offers a comprehensive overview on the relevant citizenship laws pertaining to each country, including the process of obtaining citizenship and whether or not that jurisdiction recognizes dual citizenship. In addition, this section outlines the conditions for loss of citizenship status.

In order to see a summary of the citizenship laws of a specific country, please select from the list below for the country of your interest:

Europe
Andorra	Austria	Belgium	Belarus	Bulgaria	Czech Republic
Croatia	Cyprus	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France
Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy
Latvia	Luxembourg	Lithuania	Malta	Monaco	Moldova
Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia	Romania	Slovakia
Slovenia	Turkey	Sweden	Switzerland	Spain	Ukraine
United Kingdom

 

Asia & Middle East
Azerbaijan	Armenia	Bahrain	Bangladesh	Bhutan	Brunei	Cambodia
India	Indonesia	Iran	Israel	Japan	Jordan	Kazakhstan
Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Laos	Lebanon	Malaysia	Maldives	Mongolia
Nepal	North Korea	Oman	Pakistan	Philippines	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
South Korea	Sri Lanka	Syria	Taiwan	Tajikistan	Thailand	UAE
Uzbekistan	Vietnam	Yemen

 

North & South America
Barbados	Belize	Brazil	Canada	Chile	Colombia	Costa Rica
Cuba	Dominica	Dominican Rep.	Ecuador	El Salvador	Grenada	Guatemala
Guyana	Haiti	Honduras	Jamaica	Mexico	Nicaragua	Panama
Paraguay	Peru	St.Kitts-Nevis	St.Lucia	Suriname	St.Vincent	Trinidad-Tobago
Uruguay	USA

 

Australia & Pacific Rim
Fiji	Kiribati	Marshall Islands	Micronesia	Nauru
New Zealand	Palau	Tonga	Tuvalu	Vanuatu

 

Africa
Angola	Algeria	Benin	Botswana	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Chad	Congo	Comoros	Cote Divoire
Djibouti	Egypt	Eritrea	Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia
Ghana	Guinea	Kenya	Lesotho	Liberia	Libya
Madagascar	Malawi	Mali	Mauritania	Mauritius	Morocco
Mozambique	Namibia	Niger	Nigeria	Rwanda	Senegal
Seychelles	Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa	Sudan	Tanzania
Togo	Tunisia	Uganda	Zambia	Zimbabwe

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